Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ok, I forgot about them rushing things and I even watched the 60min. clip. Now I have to tell JTF that he was some what right but he owes me one so its all good. LOL

They say memory and spelling are the first things to go.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

They say memory and spelling are the first things to go.

Well that's a releaf.

[12thMan]

I hear a lot about what Obama hasn't done, but nothing about how Gov. Bobby Jindal is handling this crisis in his own back yard.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I hear a lot about what Obama hasn't done, but nothing about how Gov. Bobby Jindal is handling this crisis in his own back yard.

Here's what Gov. Jindal has done so far:

- On May 2 & 3 requested over 8M feet of oil blocking boom, to date the state has received only 815K feet.
- Jindal has requested approval of an emergency permit for a state plan to dredge and build new barrier islands to keep the oil from reaching the marshes and wetlands, to date no approval from Fed authorities.
- He's activated the LA National Guard

The link below provides some detailed info as well:

KATC.com - Acadiana News, Acadiana Weather, Acadiana Sports | Lafayette Weather, Lafayette News, Lafayette Sports | Jindal Held Press Conference Regarding Oil Spill

Here's another article with a very telling quote:

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/bobby_jindal_haley_barbour_res.html

Bob Mann, who led (former LA Gov.) Blanco's (D) communications strategy during Katrina, said Jindal appears to be aggressively responding to the spill.
"I looked really hard to try to find something to criticize and honestly I can't," said Mann, now a Louisiana State University professor. "Based on what he knew and what we all knew at the time, what more could he have done?"

Short of Jindal flying out from the Hall of Justice with his power ring to seal the leak, what more can he do? Anywho, I thought Obama already was flying down there to seal the leak with his super strength and heat vision.

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Wait, you thought that was real? Really? You're talking about @BPGlobalPR?

I believed it at first because the posts seemed official. One said that they were committed to fighting every last drop, but over the last day or so, the posts got ridiculous, and i had to admit I had been fooled.

The one post said if God didnt want people to drill then he shouldn't have put oil there. And that's how I knew....

People are complaining about Bobby Jindall, but from what i understand, him and the rest of the central government's hands are tied, due to the fact that BP is in charge of the cleanup, as per the federal government. I just read an article yesterday that said there is like loads of people down in the florida panhandle who want to volunteer ideas and stuff, and do manual labor, but they can't because BP has the authority down there, and not the local gov't.....

[SolidSnake84]

Times like this make me wish superheros were real. Like Superman could swim to the bottom of the gulf and seal up the well with his heat vision. And using his super strength, he could like tie knots in the other lines so no more oil would come out.

It sucks that Superman isn't real.

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ok, I forgot about them rushing things and I even watched the 60min. clip. Now I have to tell JTF that he was some what right but he owes me one so its all good. LOL

It's all good.

[mlmpetert]

Website Offers Betting on Spill-Related Extinctions of Gulf Species - NYTimes.com

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I hear a lot about what Obama hasn't done, but nothing about how Gov. Bobby Jindal is handling this crisis in his own back yard.

I dont have cable right now and have been forced to watch network news. I dont really watch much tv, especially now without cable, but what ive seen on network news quotes Jindal more than anyone else about the crisis. This seems like the only thing he has been working on since the well burst and he seems very involved.

Also he's been very critical of help from the federal government:

Louisiana's Jindal: Where's Obama? - IBD - Investors.com

[firstdown]

Ok today they are going to try and block the pipe once again so lets hope this time it works. We can sit around and have a little fun playing the blame game but I think we all want this this thing shut down.

[MTK]

You can watch it live here

Live video link from the ROV monitoring the damaged riser

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ok today they are going to try and block the pipe once again so lets hope this time it works. We can sit around and have a little fun playing the blame game but I think we all want this this thing shut down.

latest news is that BP will wait at least a few more days as they continue to run tests.....

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

latest news is that BP will wait at least a few more days as they continue to run tests.....

Well they have to get the pressure measurements right, we don't want it to get worse.

[joethiesmanfan]

Website Offers Betting on Spill-Related Extinctions of Gulf Species - NYTimes.com

[12thMan]

I love how Jindal is suddenly critical of less government, when he was on the drill, baby, drill bandwagon and too much government about a year ago. Stunning